This advantage can be amplified if such exposures continue at secondary and other levels of education and even
extend beyond the national boundaries to acquire international dimensions.
In general, academic research is a field of fierce international competition, but also a field of amicable international collaboration where researchers are commonly working
together beyond national boundaries.
However, Arctic coastal states — particularly Canada, Greenland, Norway, Russia and the U.S. — are keen to lay claim to the valuable resources
found beyond their national boundaries and have all submitted applications to extend their polar seabeds.
This will be displayed alongside imagery made at the Northern and Southern European Observatories that look
beyond our national boundaries.
This is displayed alongside imagery made at the Northern and Southern European Observatories that look
beyond our national boundaries.